5-letter words containing n, a
- lerna — a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- lexan — a polycarbonate resin, used in molded products, as a substitute for glass, etc.
- liana — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liane — Archaic form of liana.
- liang — a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- ligan — lagan.
- liman — a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- linac — linear accelerator.
- linda — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- linea — a seaport in S Spain, near Gibraltar.
- linga — Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- lipan — a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- liwan — iwan.
- llano — an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- loans — Plural form of loan.
- logan — John or James (Tah-gah-jute) c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
- longa — the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- loran — a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- lorna — a female given name.
- lowan — mallee fowl.
- lucan — (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- lukan — of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- lunar — of or relating to the moon: the lunar orbit.
- lyman — a male given name.
- lynda — a female given name.
- macon — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- magna — a town in N Utah.
- mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- mahon — a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- maine — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains — a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
- mainz — a state in W Germany: formerly part of Rhine Province. 7655 sq. mi. (19,825 sq. km). Capital: Mainz.
- makin — (Wearside) present participle of mak.
- malan — Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- manak — a wooden ball fitted with hooks and attached to a rope, used by Eskimos to secure and haul in seals killed offshore.
- manal — Of, like or pertaining to the hand.
- manas — an ancient kingdom in Iran, in Kurdistan.
- manat — a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- manca — A mancus.
- mande — a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- mandi — A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a large container and pour it over the body.
- mandy — (UK, slang, uncountable) the drug MDMA.
- maneb — a carbamate fungicide, C 4 H 6 MnN 2 S 4 , used for control of numerous crop diseases.
- maned — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- manes — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- manet — Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manga — a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- mange — any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- mango — the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- mangu — Mashed plantain.